Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Erec And EnideISBN13:9780300067712ISBN10:0300067712Author:Chretien De Troyes (Author), Raffel, Burton (Translator)Description:Erec And Enide, The First Of Five Surviving Arthurian Romantic Poems By Twelfth-Century French Poet Chr Tien De Troyes, Narrates A Vivid Chapter From The Legend Of King Arthur Chr Tien's Romances Became The Source For Arthurian Tradition And Influenced Countless Other Poets In England And On The Continent Yet His Swift-Moving Style Is Difficult To Capture In Translation, And Today's English-Speaking Audiences Remain Largely Unfamiliar With The Pleasures Of Reading His Poems Now An Experienced Translator Of Medieval Verse Who Is Himself A Poet Has Translated Eric And Enide In An Original Three-Stress Metric Verse Form That Fully Captures The Movement, The Sense, And The Spirit Of The Old French Original Burton Raffel's Rendition Preserves The Subtlety And Charm Of A Poem That Is In Turn Serious, Dramatic, Bawdy, Merry, And Satiric Erec And Enide Tells The Story Of Erec, A Knight At King Arthur's Court, Whose Retirement To Domestic Bliss With His Beautiful New Wife Enide Takes Him Away From His Chivalric Duties To Regain His Knightly Honor, Erec Sets Out With Enide On A Series Of Amazing Adventures Eric Dispatches Thieves And Giants With Prodigious Strength And Valor But Treats His Wife Rather Harshly For Doubting His Abilities When Enide Is Kidnapped By A Robber Baron, Erec Revives From Near-Death To Perform A Courageous Rescue, And At Length The Two Are Reconciled Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Yale University PressPublication Date:1997-02-27Weight:0.63 lbsDimensions:0.6'' H x 8.28'' L x 5.52'' WNumber of Pages:250Language:English
Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Erec And EnideISBN13:9780820352282ISBN10:0820352284Author:Troyes, Chr?tien (Author), Cline, Ruth Harwood (Translator)Description:Erec And Enide Marks The Birth Of The Arthurian Romance As A Literary Genre Written Circa 1170, This Version Of The Griselda Legend Tells The Story Of The Marriage Of Erec, A Handsome And Courageous Welsh Prince And Knight Of The Round Table, And Enide, An Impoverished Noblewoman When The Lovers Become Estranged Because Erec Neglects His Knightly Obligations, They Subsequently Ride Off Together On A Series Of Adventures That Culminate In Their Reconciliation And The Liberation Of A Captive Knight In An Enchanted Orchard An Innovative Poet Working During A Time Of Great Literary Creativity, Chretien De Troyes Wrote Poems That Had A Lively Pace, Skillful Structure, And Vivid Descriptive Detail Ruth Harwood Cline Re-Creates For Modern Audiences His Irony, Humor, And Charm, While Retaining The Style And Substance Of The Original Octosyllabic Couplets Her Thorough Introduction Includes Discussions Of Courtly Love And The Arthurian Legend In History And Literature, As Well As A New And Provocative Theory About The Identity Of Chretien De Troyes This Clearly Presented Translation, Faithful In Preserving The Subtle Expressive Qualities Of The Original Work, Is Accessible Reading For Any Arthurian Legend Aficionado And An Ideal Text For Students Of Medieval Literature Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:UNIV OF GEORGIA PRPublication Date:2017-04-01Weight:1.2 lbsDimensions:0.69'' H x 9'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:256Language:English